Learn Pickleball with Gary
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I'm a Pickleball enthusiast who coaches 25 hours a week, plays the game about 5 times a week! I started playing in 2014. My coaching philosophy is all about breaking down the game into manageable pieces to help you develop and enhance your skills progressively. With my guidance, you'll be encouraged and witness noticeable progress in your Pickleball journey. I have been coaching since 2020. Let's step onto the court and level up your game!
Levels taught: Beginners, Intermediates, Experts
Teaches: Kids, Teenagers, Adults, Seniors
📝PPR Certified
🔥63 Lessons
⭐️Tournament Semi-Finalist
✨Travels to you
✨Tournament Competitor
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Reviews
Total reviews28
Average rating
5.0
GL
Lessons taken: 1
Gary is first of all a soft spoken, patient, instructor who put me at ease right away. He knows the game of pickleball well and is an exceptional instructor who is well prepared and clear in n his evaluation of problem areas and tips for how to improve. If you are a beginner or just want to elevate your game, Gary can help you do that. As I am progressing, he is one of my favorite people to partner with!
Michael C.Verified ✓
Level: Beginner•Lessons taken: 5
My lesson with Gary was awesome. I only took 1 lesson as a brand new player to learn the basics, and he did a great job of assessing my skills and tailoring the lesson to me as an individual. We went through a ton in just an hour - court intro and game rules, dinks, drop shots, serves, volleys, and some 1 on 1 play. Highly recommend Gary for any experience level looking to learn or improve.
sunil s.Verified ✓
Level: Intermediate•Lessons taken: 3
Gary is knowledgeable about the game and also has a great teaching style that made everything easy to understand and enjoyable.
Gary was patient, breaking down each technique and giving helpful feedback in a way that really improved my skills. I especially appreciated his ability to adapt to my level, making sure the lesson was both challenging and rewarding.
Jaylen
Lessons taken: 1
Gary is an excellent instructor. Very detailed in his approach to teaching the game. Breaks the game down to a understandable level and will help you grow your game! Highly recommend working with him!
Reid B
Lessons taken: 1
Gary is an excellent pickleball player while having a friendly personality. He is always honest when calling balls in or out. Gary and his son are always enjoyable to play with.
Locations
These are the locations I've set as being able to provide lessons:18 courts available
Forest Hills Park Tennis Courts
354 miles awayOutdoors
Redline Athletics Hemlock Plaza
373 miles awayOutdoors
Ting Park
374 miles awayOutdoors
Brightleaf Club (tennis court)
359 miles awayOutdoors
Kelly Road
368 miles awayOutdoors
Ainsley Woods Pl
369 miles awayOutdoors
Carpenter Park
364 miles awayOutdoors
Piney Wood Park
357 miles awayOutdoors
Pleasant Park
370 miles awayOutdoors
McCrimmon Park
369 miles awayOutdoors
NetSports
364 miles awayIndoors
Middle Creek
376 miles awayIndoors
Apex Elementary School
370 miles awayOutdoors
Method Road Park
372 miles awayOutdoors
Apex Nature Park
369 miles awayOutdoors
Walnut Street Park
371 miles awayOutdoors
McCrimmon Park
363 miles awayOutdoors
Piney Woods Park
357 miles awayOutdoors
At your favorite court
Anywhere in the blue service area shown while selected.When I'm usually available
These are the times I've set as being available for lessons.mondays6:30 PM - 11 PM
tuesdays5 PM - 11 PM
wednesdays4:30 PM - 8:30 PM
thursdays12:30 PM - 11 PM
fridays6:30 PM - 11 PM
saturdays5 PM - 3 AM
sundays6:30 PM - 3 AM
Beginner training plan
Your first lessonIn the first lesson, my hope would be able to get to know you and your sports background. We will cover basic rules to the game of Pickleball, the dimensions of the court and how to hold the paddle properly. We will also learn how to do dinks into the kitchen and the basic serve.
Lesson 11+This section would include more event stuff in terms of serving, volley, consistency, and drilling and hitting the ball between your legs.
Lesson 4-10These lessons will consist of all types of lollies, transition zone, variety of serves, team play, strategy, lobs, getting lobs, video, tape, and dissection and feedback.
Lesson 2-3 lesson two and three well cover fore hand and back hand hit from the baseline from the transition zone and up close and across the court history of these groundstrokes are important!
Advanced training plan
Your first lessonI would take some time to get to know you as a person and as a player. We will do dynamic stretching because practices and training will be intense and when to prevent injury.  we will start with aggressive, dinging skills and drilling.
Lesson 11+This section would be the whole development of not just being good but being great at everything!
Lesson 4-10We will continue to work on serves, and then the best type of returns to set up things. We will press into more advanced dinking and speed ups.
We will work on Advance valley’s overhead, attack volleys, punch, volley, rolls, other variations of volleys!
We will also work on drop shots from everywhere in the court and resets!
The goal here would be to develop consistency, fast hands, and reaction!
We will also work on lobs, returning lobs, and learning how to hit the ball between your legs to return a lob!
As we continue to have lessons, I’ll continue to get to know you better and focusing on the areas of key development!
Also Ernie’s, around the poles…
Lesson 2-3This lesson will consist of developing one strong serve, and a secondary serve that will serve as a change up the goal. Here would be to maximize your serving ability and making it a strength to your game.
 The goal hair would be to have one solid hard and fast serve. And another serve that would be different, maybe a curveball or a screwball.
We will also work on forehand and backhand, this is important for consistency, power, precision, and pace!
Youth players
Working with kidsI enjoy coaching young kids, the main rules of Pickleball and how to play skillfully. I try to make the game, interactive, fun, and use games to also teach the game a Pickleball.
Working with teenagersI am very comfortable with teaching teenagers, I have teenagers on my own and they all play Pickleball. I love teaching them the fundamentals of the game and strategy.
What you need to bringBring a water bottle and comfortable clothes.
Bring your paddle if you have one. If you don’t have a paddles, please let me know that you need to barrow one.
What I can bringI can bring up to 5 paddles, lots of balls and cones!
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If you need to cancel your lesson, no worries! You can get a full refund if you cancel within 24 hours of making your booking. We want to make the process as hassle-free as possible for you.
And if you simply want to reschedule your lesson, change the date and time, or adjust the number of students joining, we've got you covered there too. You can easily make these changes within 24 hours of booking, and up to 72 hours before your lesson starts.
Our goal is to make your experience smooth, enjoyable, and worry-free. So go ahead and book with confidence, knowing that we're here to accommodate your needs every step of the way!
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